From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 19163 invoked from network); 8 Sep 2021 20:36:51 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 8 Sep 2021 20:36:51 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2D96A9C8EF; Thu, 9 Sep 2021 06:36:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 935059BB67; Thu, 9 Sep 2021 06:36:42 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="Mat+Og3J"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 028DD9BB67; Thu, 9 Sep 2021 06:36:40 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-vk1-f182.google.com (mail-vk1-f182.google.com [209.85.221.182]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 32B939BB66 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2021 06:36:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-vk1-f182.google.com with SMTP id d7so1211390vko.6 for ; Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:36:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=mSzxrFM77m/P0YW6eS2k3VsGv+6NCb2FPSrPKDUWVgY=; b=Mat+Og3JccSnXYufRoFdm9YGke+lRhBgXkG9EfvWkuT/XcEkDKd5qiosyY5vbRgR0R Qj9FJh2PcrGymN3BBDB6OAvIN/EuGaLs452zaPBaXxZGjbQQuKBIanqiiKs9qwKe7Ba8 I8xFuI7BLtw0YK2PwiQwJBzdN2jZ1RWxMYvIcPPL46T0OWVVt3jzGHYkOgaetaIOLbHI ZjgLVhjLDpL8JsFfWCqWsiAAMz7ZM+gFik2vjFHUeQYl0QyMCyolo9ScB1xquCDXJYyS yW/3yBfw8gCRD4t6AIPkNyiiYzaS/EzMGzXbvqd+ovhLBjOJ43Yxq1ymi5J3O+gh7UKv Plnw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=mSzxrFM77m/P0YW6eS2k3VsGv+6NCb2FPSrPKDUWVgY=; b=Scpe6+Tt56hrXniLGOF1KL84/4ToHe1U+TQUiMUIUG1kgdpBwZ8YT3VJ/hz5Dh4tNl 08vqp389Y9jBLXONUB4OnUb/bpvof0dQjKHmY35g2lVI6mi7/2R7RFbKZS+NFNWowue+ aMwpdBiC7a5VX42o6p9SACyROZnj0UpXH0zQmVtAtwVO/dXGo6v17As15FI8oKuW2nt3 AZ0v2E1AiKtd3wuZ4C8cGIVqrvSeszBHJpMdWHCR4yGdnCjYcoGDGux9ncT92PA9/wX/ MrSXaZdjwFlaQncTxyorOlVbCFKthuUylmsJyvIl/e/wcUWo77HHKhIfqTwC67yAR3bk UTGA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530dTX6CUMmJ56xXcSjwRw24a/3MAcFVd7Hqb8k30qyYXu8EmmGI nrwZ2bucRouECks7o+815x6W25XgwtCKZRdKJTfG+g== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyeje+p+KNcjx4aCZjn+g5les+gaBSF73y9wf78lVPLeMOcbjgze50a7qSz2HTbRTRG3FcF/k0y4bxJIoLQsqw= X-Received: by 2002:a1f:2c2:: with SMTP id 185mr25593vkc.22.1631133397966; Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:36:37 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Warner Losh Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2021 14:36:26 -0600 Message-ID: To: Dave Horsfall Subject: Re: [COFF] What does your "cal" show? X-BeenThere: coff@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: Computer Old Farts Forum List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Computer Old Farts Followers Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0480611403013241661==" Errors-To: coff-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "COFF" --===============0480611403013241661== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000c4759305cb81d6c4" --000000000000c4759305cb81d6c4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 7:25 AM Dave Horsfall wrote: > On Wed, 8 Sep 2021, Tony Finch wrote: > > > It's even more funny than that :-) They actually went back to the Julian > > calendar in 1712, and they needed to add back the leap day they skipped > in > > 1700; this extra day became February 30th. > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_non-standard_dates#February_30 > > Oh, my sainted aunt... > This is the example I give to people who say calendars are easy... Also, I use it in my screeds against the current observational nature of leap seconds. Warner -- Dave > _______________________________________________ > COFF mailing list > COFF@minnie.tuhs.org > https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coff > --000000000000c4759305cb81d6c4 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 7:25 AM Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> wrote:
On Wed, 8 Sep 2021, Tony Finch wrote:

> It's even more funny than that :-) They actually went back to the = Julian
> calendar in 1712, and they needed to add back the leap day they skippe= d in
> 1700; this extra day became February 30th.
>
> https://en.wikip= edia.org/wiki/List_of_non-standard_dates#February_30

Oh, my sainted aunt...

This is the example I give to people who say calendar= s are easy...

Also, I us= e it in my screeds against the current observational nature of leap seconds= .

Warner

-- Dave
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